Leadership

Updated : May 6, 2017

Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das joins Sebi board

Das has replaced Manoj Joshi as nominee of the Finance Ministry on Sebi's board. Joshi is currently Joint Secretary (Capital Markets) in the ministry.

Updated : Sep 26, 2016

Yahoo Japan plans to introduce four-day workweek system

Yahoo Japan, the subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp, may soon introduce just four working days in a week for all its 5,800 employees in a bid to help them take care of their ailing parents.

Updated : Jun 16, 2016

Hiring grows 2 pc in May led by automobile sector: TimesJobs

After a two-month slump, hiring momentum picked up pace again in May with recruitment activity growing by a moderate 2 per cent led by the automobile sector, says a report.

Updated : Apr 22, 2016

Disrespect at workplace major cause of stress, says HR study

Disrespect at workplace is one of the leading factors for stress among the workforce followed by lack of work-life balance, overtime and support from managers, says a report.

Updated : Apr 6, 2016

Raghuram Rajan to students: Be articulate in expressing independence

Rajan also emphasised on having a strong framework for formulating a policy and said it is equally important to take broader public along with you to bring in any reforms.

Liquor baron Vijay Mallya (Photo: Reuters)

Updated : Mar 10, 2016

Vijay Mallya in country home outside London

The UB Group chairman is thought to have driven to his 'Ladywalk' estate in the village of Tiwen near St Albans in Hertfordshire from his London home near Baker Street area earlier this week.

Bill Gates, known for his mild manners, was regarded as a demanding boss

Updated : Feb 2, 2016

How Bill Gates used to keep tabs on his employees

Bill Gates has revealed how he used to keep tabs on his employees by memorising all of their number plates to see when they were arriving and leaving the office.

Tata Sons chairman emeritus Ratan Tata (Photo: Reuters)

Updated : Jan 28, 2016

10 things not to miss about Ratan Tata's spate of investments

Tata started investing in start-ups in 2014 and in over two years has invested in over 22 start-ups till date.

Rostow Ravanan, who will take over as Mindtree's CEO and Managing Director from April 1. (Photo: Reuters)

Updated : Jan 19, 2016

Mindtree names Rostow Ravanan as new CEO

Effective April 1, the move will see current chief Krishnakumar Natarajan moving on to the role of Executive Chairman with co-founder Subroto Bagchi stepping down from the position.

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg (Photo: Reuters)

Updated : Jan 15, 2016

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg donates $31 mn to charity

Sheryl Sandberg donated 290,000 shares of Facebook stock at "a market value of roughly $31 million" to various charities, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission document.

PepsiCo Chairperson and CEO Indra Nooyi (Photo: Reuters)

Updated : Jan 13, 2016

Indra Nooyi becomes 'most generous graduate' of Yale School of Management

The PepsiCo's India-born CEO became the school's biggest alumni donor and the first woman to endow a deanship at a top b-school.

Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook (Photo: Reuters)

Updated : Jan 7, 2016

Apple paid CEO Tim Cook $10.3 million in 2015

Cook's compensation rose 11.5 per cent in 2015, a year when its sales grew 28 per cent and profits by 35 per cent but its shares fell for the first time since 2008.

Rajendra Srivastava, the new Dean of the Indian School of Business

Updated : Jan 5, 2016

Our goal is now to be the best in Asia: New ISB dean

Rajendra Srivastava, the new Dean of the Indian School of Business, its fifth dean since inception in 2001, took charge on the new year day.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, managing director, Syngene (Photo: Reuters)

Updated : Jan 5, 2016

Syngene appoints Jonathan Hunt as CEO-designate

The appointment of Jonathan Hunt was a transition waiting to happen as Peter Bains, the current CEO is to retire in March 2016.

General Motors Co Chief Executive Mary Barra (Photo: Reuters)

Updated : Jan 5, 2016

General Motors appoints Mary Barra as chairman

Barra takes over as chairman from former Cummins Inc Chief Executive Theodore Solso, who will continue serving as the board's lead independent director.

Infosys Chairman-Emeritus Narayana Murthy (right) and CEO S Gopalakrishnan at the 30th Annual General Meeting of the company.

Updated : Jan 5, 2016

Infosys AGM 2011: Narayana Murthy steps down as chairman, board rejigged

The software industry icon, while addressing his last AGM, said: "My life story should be a confidence booster for every average person in the world that he or she can indeed make a difference."

Jeff Williams takes over as Apple's COO (Photo: Reuters)

Updated : Dec 18, 2015

Apple names Jeff Williams COO, a job once held by Tim Cook

Williams, who joined Apple in 1998, previously served as senior vice president of operations and oversaw development of the Apple Watch, the company's first new product since the iPad.

Kishore is HCL Technologies' Corporate Vice President and Global Head for Life Sciences & Health Care and the Public Services businesses, at present. (Photo: Reuters)

Updated : Dec 15, 2015

HCL Tech corporate VP Sandeep Kishore to join Zensar as MD, CEO

Kishore would succeed Ganesh Natarajan whose term will come to an end on April 30.

Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Marissa Mayer (Photo: Reuters)

Updated : Dec 11, 2015

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer gives birth to identical twin girls

Mayer has previously said she would take limited time away as she works toward turning around the company's struggling online ad business.

Hindustan Petroleum CEO Nishi Vasudeva.(Photo: Mandar Deodhar)

Updated : Dec 10, 2015

Reliance Industries, Hindustan Petroleum CEO Nishi Vasudeva bag 'energy Oscars'

Reliance Industries has been awarded under the category of corporate social responsibility, while Vasudeva has bagged the top honours for chief executive of the year.

Updated : Dec 7, 2015

Kaher Kazem appointed General Motors India head

Kazem, who is currently chief operating officer (COO) of GM India, will be replacing Arvind Saxena who has decided to retire after leading the company since early 2014.